« Yet Another Flash Blog... | Main | Export-time SWF Version »
November 05, 2003
DeadMotion
Adobe LiveMotion, shares the fate of Microsoft Liquid Motion.
Both applications were quoted as 'Flash Killer' various times.
Now, Microsoft will have a new 'Flash Killer' code named 'Sparkle' with LongHorn, it is reported. But this is clearly 2-3 years away.
On January 4, 2000, there were rumours of the Adobe's "Flash Killer".
On February 9, 2000 during keynote address at Seybold Boston, Adobe offered a peek at LiveMotion, the company's new Web animation tool, the long-rumored Macromedia Flash "killer." [source]
Microsoft discontinued Liquid Motion on January 26, 2000. (LM 1 was first released as a public beta early May 1998, around the same time Macromedia had the public beta of Flash 3).
LiveMotion 1.0 was released on May 22, 2000. [more]
LiveMotion 2.0 was released on January 7, 2002. [more]
Quoted from LiveMotion site (today):
"Adobe® LiveMotion® software is an essential tool for professional Web designers and developers who need to create dynamic, interactive content in a variety of formats, including Macromedia® Flash™ (SWF) and QuickTime." This writes just above the 'discontinuation' announcement!
Adobe will discontinue LiveMotion 2.0 effective November 15, 2003.
If you are a developer planning a 'Flash Killer' application, make sure you don't have 'motion' in the name. It certainly won't do any good.
And rather than a 'Flash Killer' application, a 'Killer Flash' application might be a wiser choice, if you ask me.
November 5, 2003 in Flash | Permalink
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/8749/240951
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference DeadMotion :
» http://www.peterjoel.com/blog/index.php?archive=2003_11_02_archive.xml from
[Read More]
Tracked on Nov 6, 2003 1:40:55 AM
» ASVGuy::SWFBlog [свежий журнал от автора ASV] from Флэш Потрошитель
Burak KALAYCI, автор известной программы ASV (а также программ UAE, ASR и Swifty Utilities), решил обзавестись собственным бортовым журналом и сделал это. Пока в этом журнале всего две записи. Вот, собственно и все. Хотя.. уже во второй записи своего ж... [Read More]
Tracked on Nov 7, 2003 4:35:41 PM
Comments
lol, nice summary : ). Another case of motion sickness. I never really 'got' Live Motion, it was trying to squeeze out an established player by offering fewer features. I've been looking at Avalon etc a lot recently, it seems pretty nice, but there is a lot of miles between a reasonably featured spec and a great tool for creating multimedia. Svg knows all about that. That and the $100.00+ 'plugin' fits on 2 dvd's (or perhaps a single holoCube by the time it ships!). Still, something to watch for.
Great to see your writing here...
Cheers,
Robin
Posted by: Robin Debreuil at Nov 6, 2003 2:55:45 AM
Also, my friend told me, that Adobe buys CoolEdit which is not so bad sound editor. But I believe Flash will survive. Flash is strong enough to be alive. [Loudly]: "and forever" %)
Posted by: Rostik at Nov 7, 2003 11:23:38 AM
haa! this was so refreshing.. thanks!
Posted by: Dominick at Nov 12, 2003 4:53:47 PM
Also see:
http://www.asvguy.com/2005/04/adobe_and_macro.html
It seems 2 years after LiveMotion, Adobe will have the real thing.
Posted by: Burak KALAYCI at Apr 19, 2005 4:57:21 PM
